Strolling through the streets of Paris, watching passers-by from a caféterrace, rushing in the Métro or dancing through to the small hours…what is Paris to you?128 artists bring you their visions of Paris through the covers of an imaginary magazine: The Parisianer

In 2050, will we have pizza delivery by drone? Will we be slaves to artificial intelligence?Will we all speak the same language? Can you get married to a piece of software? Will we live for 150 years? We asked 53 international artists to imagine the future and relate through both words and images what our world could look like in 2050.

Several prestigious institutions have hosted The Parisianer to promote contemporary illustration to the wildest audience: Parisians or visitors, spanning all generations and cultures, newcomers or those already knowledgeable about the world of the illustrated image.

Several prestigious institutions have hosted The Parisianer to promote contemporary illustration to the wildest audience: Parisians or visitors, spanning all generations and cultures, newcomers or those already knowledgeable about the world of the illustrated image.

About us

The Parisianer is a collective artistic project bringing together more than two hundred artists around a single concept: creating the covers of The Parisianer, a fictitious magazine celebrating the city of Paris.

These illustrated visions are aimed at wide audience. At once diverse and complementary, poetic and humorous, tongue-in-cheek or realistic, they emulate with originality and audaciousness the beauty of Paris and its international appeal.

For its first international show, The Parisianer went to Kiev!
The team, invited by the French Institute, Alliance Française and the French Embassy proud fully presented its Ukrainian friends with a series of eclectic works from 100 talented artists.

Previewed at COP 21 PARIS in 2015, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development (MAEDI) gave carte blanche to the artistic directors of The Parisianer, invited to express the impact of climatic change on the city at an original exhibition at Quai d’Orsay during the European Heritage Days on 19 and 20 September 2015.

The first The Parisianer event was held on 19-23 September 2013 in the Gallery of the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris.

Over 5 days, the exhibition received more than 7000 visitors who were able to discover the 107 original works and meet various individuals behind the project: artists, publishers, artistic directors, art buyers, critics and booksellers.

The Parisianer, bringing together a large audience and gathering a large community of fans, is also acclaimed by the press and the media (broad coverage on print and web, but also radiofrance, France TV, and The New Yorker magazine)

The Parisianer

This first edition was realized during the exhibition The Parisianer at the Cité Internationale des Arts in December 2013, exhibiting the originalworks of more than 100 artists.The book is then officially released in bookstores in France and Belgium in March 2014.it has since been exhausted.